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. 2017 Aug 20;44(4):589–596. doi: 10.1007/s00068-017-0827-1

Table 3.

Changes in incidence over time by men and women and mechanism of injury

All Men Women
All
 Coefficient −0.03 −0.19 0.12
 r 2 0.00 0.12 0.10
 p value 0.829 0.229 0.265
Self-harm
 Coefficient −0.11 −0.14 −0.08
 r 2 0.51 0.47 0.30
 p value 0.004 0.007 0.043
Fall
 Coefficient 0.34 0.32 0.36
 r 2 0.88 0.81 0.87
 p value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Vehicle, traffic
 Coefficient −0.27 −0.41 −0.14
 r 2 0.88 0.85 0.88
 p value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Poisoning
 Coefficient 0.17 0.27 0.07
 r 2 0.84 0.80 0.69
 p value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Drowning
 Coefficient −0.04 −0.08 −0.01
 r 2 0.67 0.67 0.30
 p value <0.001 <0.001 0.041
Suffocation
 Coefficient −0.02 −0.03 −0.01
 r 2 0.55 0.48 0.11
 p value 0.002 0.006 0.248
Assault
 Coefficient −0.03 −0.04 −0.02
 r 2 0.48 0.35 0.34
 p value 0.006 0.026 0.028
Fire, smoke, hot objects
 Coefficient −0.02 −0.02 −0.02
 r 2 0.23 0.12 0.30
 p value 0.081 0.218 0.042
Natural/environmental
 Coefficient −0.04 −0.04 −0.03
 r 2 0.01 0.02 0.01
 p value 0.691 0.616 0.753
Machinery
 Coefficient −0.01 −0.01 0.01
 r 2 0.08 0.14 0.00
 p value 0.341 0.20 0.91

Incidence over time has only been calculated in groups with more than 140 deaths. The association between incidence and year was analyzed with simple linear regression. The coefficient shows how much the incidence changed (mean value) each year